My Little Pony: Record of the Equestrian Civil War (Closed/Started)

[Not G. Ivingname]

Lettuceleaf had walked out of the train station with a lighter chart than he had walked in with. Thankfully, the officials stationed there weren't in much mood to haggle, just desperate to prepare food for the train that would soon be leaving after it drops off it's cargo and passengers.

He left before the next train had pulled into the station, walking back through Ponyville market place, heading towards several restraunts closer to the center of town. "I wonder if the Cakes will want any of my lettuce," he thought, making a mental note to check in, although he has only managed to sell them his product once, and it was to the Pink one who needed it for "gumby," or something like that.

He heard the commotion, and some loud bang, ("Darn new inventions, always blowing up, don't you just need a hammer, some plows, seeds, and a quad of four good legs in life?") While he made no change in direction, he was looking at all the Ponys running both away and towards the sounds, not noticing the running Zebra he collided with.

 

[SilkySkyKitten]

Eos continued simply staring out the window as the train finally pulled into Ponyville station. The familiar sound of the conductor running through the train cars announcing their arrival at another station had returned... yet at the same time, there seemed to be far more murmuring and chatter amongst the passengers as well.

"Everyone, just keep calm!" the conductor spouted as he continued through the carriage, "It's probably nothing serious. All passengers departing here in Ponyville should proceed to do so in a normal, orderly fashion."

Looking over to see what all the commotion was about, the unicorn mare spotted a thick, black cloud of smoke rising in the distance. Everypony else in the train was fixated upon it, and through the windows she could tell it was causing quite a commotion in town as well.

"Huh," Eos sarcastically, yet worriedly mumbled to herself as she got up from her seat, putting on her saddle bags and making sure to check her belongings, "Well that doesn't look ominous at all."

 

[Not Matt]

--somewhere in the Everfree forest--

"Perfect, absolutely perfect. Now where am I?? Silver stumbles around forest while talking to himself loud enough for every animal in the forest to hear
"Why didn't I just take the army service, I could what been eating food right now and been sleeping in a warm bed but NNNNOOOOOO! I wanted to be an adventurer, a journalist was to boring for me" bangs his head on a nearby tree and realizes that it was a terrible idea and that he hit too hard and is now losing balance from dizziness. After stumbling to his hooves he continues walking.
"Okay. Have to get back on track" silver shakes his head and continues walking. "Let?s see, I left Arcadia City 4 nights ago. Meaning that today is.... definitely not a Saturday.
?Never thought I would say this but I kind of miss other ponies. Even Vanhoover ones" stomach roars in hunger "okay, new plan, find food. Let's see food, food, food , why do I smell roasting?" sits down to smell, when the thought occurs that it was not roasting. It was smoke.
"FOREST FIRE !!!"
a scream Silver instantly regretted as the sound of cracking flames drowned in the sound of and grrrrs from a timberwolf that just woke up. "oh sweet Celestia" two more timberwolves appear behind the first one "oh sweet Luna, oh sweet Magicka, oh sweet ... Uhm... Discord?"

The wolves take a step forward as silver steps backwards away from them. Then a bright light shines in from the left. As the tiny treeless field the four growling creatures where occupying (the wolves mouths and silver's stomach). A sort moment of terrified panic when the word 'fire' reached Sliver's brain. He was frozen, unable to move from shock. And to his surprise. So where the wolves. A second that felt like an hour passed as Sliver and the wolves looked at each other. Maybe this was because his ears were full of mud from falling all day but Silver thought the fire sounded different. It didn't sound like furious flames burning a forest. More like metal being beaten against a solid objet so fast it sounded like a tumbling noise. It sounded like...
"WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

A train appeared in front of silver blocking the view to the wolves. The train past right in front of him, probably just a centimeter from his face. After five seconds the final cart passed and the sound of the train disappeared in to the forest on the right. The wolves were gone. A smile spread across silver's face as the smell of burning coal disappeared "A TRAIN! A train made by ponies, where there are trains there are stations, where there's stations there's a town, where there is a town there are other ponies, where there are other ponies there are companions. And food, and beds" he says almost singing of joy, he takes a step forward and trips over the railroad tracks. "And a house, which I will never ever, ever, ever leave again" he mumbles to himself face down in mud.


--Two hours after walking the tracks after the train--

"I wish I was a Pegasus"

-- one hour of running--

"Ohhhh my, i feel like i am about to faint...say, where am i, come to think of it which town is that. If it is anything Arcadian i can't go there, they'll arrest me" stops and considers staying in the forest then looks up at the stars. "Well, seeing how the skyline over Arcadia city looks like it is over there so i should be about... really far west, i should have paid more attention in school.
"Oohh look that house is a giant cake, a giant cake? Wait...the cake couple's cake shop I AM IN PONYVILE! Ha ha. When in Arc...Equestria did i cross the border?" silver takes a long breath and uses his last strength to run down to the small town.

Spoiler: OOC

anyone in ponyville willing to meet me

 

[gabmed]

*snippity snup*

*mega snup*

Y'all wanna meet up with Uron?

 

[Not Matt]

Spoiler: hello

*piaca*

*bo*

name thay place good sirs

 

[Trucken]

"Old Equestria..."

Hurley looked across the open land in front of him. He was at the edge of Arcadia City and had a good view from where he was standing. He saw a big mountain and could vaguely see Canterlot.

"The Grand Gallopin' Gala... that sure was a crazy night." Hurley sniggered at the thought of it. It had turned into a complete mess, but princess Celestia had enjoyed it anyway. Rarity had gotten mad, Fluttershy snapped, Applejack had...

"Applejack..." Hurley muttered as he looked at the ground. He looked up at Canterlot again, thinking about the dreams he'd been having for so long. He couldn't really remember them, but he knew that they, at least a little bit, had something to do with Applejack.

Hurley kept gazing at Old Equestria when he suddenly noticed something. "What the hay?" He raised his head and squinted, but he was not mistaken. A pillar of smoke was rising up towards the sky, from the looks of it on the other side of the border.

"Wonder what that is all 'bout?"

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Ponyville...

Rarity, Fluttershy and Applejack ran to Town Hall, which had part of it blown away. Several ponies, including Mayor Mare, had managed to run out, coughing from all the smoke.

"Mayor! Are you alright?" Rarity asked, concerned.

"Yes, I'm alright." The older earth pony answered, coughing. "I don't know what-"

Suddenly the sound of mad laughter rang out, making everypony look up. A gray-feathered gryphon perched on the roof, still laughing.

"Fools! Fear the might of the Arcadian Empire! Soon, your end will come!" And with that, he took off, cackling madly.

"Hey wait!" Applejack started to run after her, but a rainbow streak overhead caught her attention.

Rainbow Dash narrowed her eyes, preparing to take down the culprit... only for him to stop in midair, forcing her to come to a screeching halt.

"W-what's the big idea!?" She demanded angrily. The gryphon said nothing, just threw his head back and laughed some more. "And what's so funny!?"

"You'll see soon enough." The gryphon smirked, and tossed something at Rainbow Dash that exploded into a huge cloud of smoke, making her cough. As soon as it cleared, the mysterious gryphon was nowhere in sight.

"Where did he-?!"

Rainbow Dash was distracted when Fluttershy flew up to her. "Are you alright?" She asked.

"Y-yeah, I'm fine!" The other pegasus said, trying to hide her earlier annoyance. "C'mon, we gotta see how the others are doing."

As the two Pegasai flew off, they didn't realize they were being watched by the gryphon, hiding in a nearby cloudbank. Still smiling cruelly, he took off, still keeping to the clouds for cover.

---

Arcadia City...

"Hey wait!"

Loose Leaf hurried after the gryphon, and shortly, they came to the center of the city, where a large crowd had gathered around a stage. Standing on it was a cruel-looking cobalt unicorn with a gray mane, gold eyes, and a sword cutie mark.

"Fellow Arcadians!" He bellowed. "I have important news: we have found a traitor in our midst!" At this, the crowd broke out into loud murmurs. "Bring out the prisoner!" The unicorn shouted, and a large grey diamond dog and a gray and brown earth pony dragged a bound and gagged red and green earth pony up on the stage.

"Here he is, General Saber Rattle," said the gray earth pony.

The unicorn stepped forward. "Do you have anything to say for yourself?" He asked, and pulled down the gag.

"I didn't do anything wrong!" The earth pony protested, tears rolling down his face. "I just wanted to contact my family in Equestria!"

"Too bad," said General Saber Rattle, smiling wickedly. "You, my friend, were just in the wrong place at the wrong time." He took a few steps back, and nodded at the Diamond Dog. "Do it."

The creature nodded in response, and pulled out an axe, as the hapless Earth Pony was held down. Moments later, the hapless earth pony's head was separated from his body. The crowd cheered in excitement... all except for a few individuals.

Loose Leaf put a hoof to her mouth to stifle the scream, before turning and running away, unable to understand what she had seen.

For the longest time, she had believed her country was full of open-minded, enlightened individuals... only for her eyes to be opened.

The question was... now what would she do?

Spoiler: ooc

Yeah... this RP has some dark leanings. Basically, your characters run across the scene in their respective countries and react to it. I'm interested in seeing what you come up with...

 

[SilkySkyKitten]

Finally stepping hoof off of the train, Eos made her way through the station, making a beeline for the map of town. She traced her hoof towards the location of Noteworthy's house... or at least, where she assumed his house would be. Getting to Sparkler Lane would be easy, she would just have to go directly south from where she was, cut through town square, and she would be there sooner than later. Unfortunately, Sparkler Lane ran lengthwise of town from east to west, so finding her destination would require a little bit more hunting.

Having plotted her course, the bluish unicorn made her way out of the station and turned southward towards where she needed to go. She kept glancing up at the pillar of smoke every now and then, noticing it appeared to be coming from the middle of town itself.

I suppose I'll be seeing what all the commotion is about soon enough, Eos thought to herself as she trotted along, spotting what appeared to be something or someone flying away from the smoke cloud as she came ever closer...

Spoiler: OOC Directed at CrazyGirl17

Dark leanings you say?

Weeee-eeelll, considering the backstory of my character, the backstory of the character I used in a previous RP, plus the fact that the previous RP I was in involved several characters dieing horribly in an airship crash, I can say for certain I don't mind any grimdarkness at all! XP

 

[Ultraman950]

The black griffon put one claw carefully on Loose Leaf's back, trying to comfort her. Aireal was used to this kind of thing. She regularly broke the wings of pegasi in mid-flight and had to listen to them scream during the long fall to the unforgiving ground below. If she could, she would break their necks too, if only out of a kind of mercy... and to spare herself the nightmares.

It didn't help.

She had a hard time looking at Loose Leaf as these thoughts went through Aireal's mind, but she didn't want to look at the execution, either, so she focused on a funny-shaped rock on the ground.

Hey, that just means I get to be more specific with the less-happy things soldiers like Aireal do.

 

[Takuanuva]

The unicorn kept wandering around for a while before he noticed a group of creatures of all kind. He managed to find a spot from where he could see what's going on and watched as the pony was dragged to the stage and executed.

He was shocked and horrified by it. Even though he knew that Arcadia wasn't the paradise it claimed to be, he hoped he was wrong...or at least that he'd never have to witness something like this happening.

The question that was bothering him returned: why was he still here? Why would he live in a place where something like this happens?

He couldn't answer it...as usual.

He looked away from the nauseating scene and spotted a distressed-looking pegasus running away, along with a griphon following her.

He quietly followed the two, hoping that he could somehow comfort the pegasus...and that it would somehow comfort him as well.

Spoiler: OOC

...the previous incarnation of my character had second personality who was basically a crazy murderer...so...kinda used to the 'dark' stuff.
...also...for the sake of somehow indicating my character speaking and such, I'll be using orange bold font...and the same in italics for thoughts...just mentioning.

 

[Not Matt]

--Closing in on the ponyville station--

Silver snow walks like a zombie, looks like a hobo but has a smile so wide that if he opened his mouth, it would look like his face was chopped in two. He looks out over the town for the top of the hill he's sitting on.

"Oh i don't believe it, i can't believe it. i have been walking around Ponyville in some stupid forest for the last... who knows? A day? Hey look. There is sugar cube corner again, and sweet apple acres, and town hall! My word the town has changed since i left a year ago". thinks something that makes his heart fall down in his stomach (unfortunately not stopping his hunger). ?Do i really want to do this??

A voice in the back of silver?s head screamed "YES!"
He was almost at the station now. Silver walked of the tracks when he could spot a carriage rode that lead down to the town.

"Hello?" silver walks in in to town and looks around. The place has changed too much for him to recognize "does anypony know a place i can sleep tonight? Excuse me miss, could you tell me if there is a hotel around here somewhere, sir? Sir!? Hi, is there an in or bed & breakfast somewhere or a motel maybe?"
All the ponies silver tries to talk to steps slowly away from him. "Did i say something wrong?"
A child unicorn walks by with her unicorn mother. "Look at the funny mudpony[footnote] mudpony. a term the internet made up as a racist term against earth ponies in order to make a joke and say: unicorns are the master race and earth ponies are filthy peasants [/footnote] mommy" the mother quickly puts her hoof over the daughter's mouth and begins talking really fast "i am so sorry sir, i do not know where she has learned to say that, this is not the way we raise our childr... ohh. What in equestria have you been up to?"

Silver?s mood when from offended to confused. He looks down to see the two mud clouds he called hooves. "Oh, it's okay" he says "i understand what she meant, i have been traveling via hoof from Arcadia city, just got out of the Everfree forest"
The unicorn mom looks at him funny "you came from the Everfree forest?" "yes" the unicorn daughter stairs at silver with terror in her eyes? and you?re from Arcadia??.
?Well, yes but I was born here in Equestria, only went there for work? "when did you come back?" did the mother say like it was a police interrogation" about three minutes ago, what about it?"
"Then please explain the fire"
"Fire? What fire? Oh, no that was just a train" she points at something behind silver. A large cloud of black rises from the forest. It was too thick too see thought. It seemed to be growing. Smaller clouds was moving inside the big one. There was something strange about them. They looked like they were alive, flying away "that's not the train is it" said the unicorn.

"BOOOOM!"

Spoiler: OOC

how dark do we get to be? i know we are supposed to keep it within the mlp universe but i am guessing that total cute and cuddlyness is going to be hard to obtain, especially since there is a war raging on. How brutal do we get to be?

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Spoiler: OOC

For everyone who's asking, this RP hopefully won't get too "grimdark"... but it sure won't be light and fluffy either.

 

[gabmed]

Uron arrives at the Town Hall, looking it over with a worried face. "That... is not good. It was clearly a terrorist attack... and Arcadia has been on war with Equestria for quite some years now..."

Uron sits and puts his hoof to his mouth. "By the looks of it, this will have a LOT of diplomatic implications..."

He simply sits there, thinking in the middle of the crowd while examining the occurance.

 

[Not Matt]

Silver leaps around the corner and arrive by town hall. "What in Arc..Equestria is going" his eye go wide open "on".

He slowly walks up behind Uron with his mouth hanging open and asks, mostly to himself "who?"

Uron turns his head and Notices the Arcadian symbol silvers saddlebag. At the same time as silver remember hearing about Magickas zebra soldiers. For a brief second their eyes meet, and they both lift an eyebrow, almost synchronized

 

[Takuanuva]

...

...

Spoiler: OOC

Just letting you two know that the post is somewhat directed towards you.

The white unicorn shyly walked over to the pegasus.
"...u...uhm...are you okay...miss...?"

 

[CrazyGirl17]

"...u...uhm... are you okay...miss...?"

Surprised, Loose Leaf looked up to see a Unicorn approaching her, looking nervous.

"Huh...? Oh, yeah, I-I'm okay." She shifted from one hoof to the other, then asked, "Did you see what just happened?"

 

[Takuanuva]

"...I...I did...though...I wish I didn't..."
The unicorn looked at the pegasus, seeming honestly concerned.
"...a...are you sure you're okay, miss...?"
He knew that the question was somewhat stupid since she already told him that she was okay, but the unicorn was both worried about her and hoped that helping someone would distract him from what happened.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

"...a...are you sure you're okay, miss...?"

Loose Leaf nodded. "Yeah, I'll be fine." She glanced back at the stage as the crowd slowly dispersed and suppressed a shudder. "I'm Loose Leaf by the way. What's your name?" She also directed this question at the Gryphon, as she hadn't got her name either.

 

[Ultraman950]

"Aireal," the griffon replied, removing her claw from Loose Leaf's back. "I'm part of the Shadowbolts. What're your names?"

She made a point of not looking at the stage anymore.

 

[gabmed]

silver leaps around the corner and arrive by town hall. "what in Arc..Equestria is going" he's eye go wide open "on".

he slowly walks up behind Uron with he's mouth hanging open and asks mostly to himself "who?"

Uron turns he's head and Notices the arcadian symbol silver's saddlebag. At the same time as silver remember hearing about magicka's zebra soldiers. for a brief second their eyes meet, and they both lift an eyebrow almost synchronized

Burnt hoof. Arcadian symbol. Dangerously close to what it seems to be a terrorist attack?

"...Hello. Name's Uron. Are you on vacation?", he asks, turning to the stallion. He's got his eyes fixed on his. Not in a creepy or threatening way, but in a secure way.